I've been wondering!!!!

Well Terry, would have thought that Carl Juncker's speech earlier this week might have focused a few minds. There can surely be no doubt whatsoever that the intention of the EU is, as it has always been, the creation of the US of E. The price has to be the loss of individual national identity. Cheers, Syd.

It was all set out years ago in The Kalergi Report Syd. I've read it and it's worth a shufti on Google. The objective has always been for a subservient population doing what it is told by an unelected elite. The odd thing is that all the heads of all the countries in the EU know about it yet still sign up. The poor countries just want a slice of the pie because all the bigwigs are better treated than the peasants. The first one to let the cat out of the bag was the Hungarian President a year or so back.

The originators have known that this would never have happened if it was said openly and that is why it has been sold first as a trading group with the 'harmonisation' following by stealth when it is almost too late to get out. Luckily Cameron gave us a vote thinking that we wouldn't vote to leave. The true facts are now out by Juncker's speech and if that doesn't convince the Remainers then nothing will. The words trees, see, for, can't, the, and the woods come to mind. I've no doubt that we'll still have the members of that club on here - unbelievable.

I was wondering if anyone has had to call out Rescue / Breakdown for their car recently. My A.A. subscription last year was £ 123. and because i had to call them out to start my car after i let my battery go flat ( left side lights on overnight ) this year they want £215. After looking on line at various Company's, the one that caught my eye was "Auto Aid" which seem to fit the bill in so many ways and the Feedback is excellent. Wonder if any Members have any experience with this firm. I know the cheapest can be often not be the best as i was with Green Flag one year and only required them once and they kept me waiting nearly four hours on a busy Motorway. So any advice / suggestions welcome.

I've been on Green Flag for a while now and they are the same as most of the organisations. Call them out for as little as a flat battery and their price goes up like a rocket. I think I'll have a scout around because after five years without a claim to have the tariff almost doubled and lose the discounts completely is a bit much. The service I have to admit was fine, quick response and a quick sorting of the problem but a booster start is only a small job anyway. They used a local garage which was only a few minutes away so it couldn't have cost that much.

Quite a while since I posted on here but this subject is important and it is very interesting to read the different views. Personally I have always been in favour of a European Union as it surely makes trading easier and less costly. But the biggest issue is the free movement of people from one country to another which does not go down well with many, especially so amongst a sizeable proportion of the older generation. Those of more tender years don't seem to share the same view as was proved by the percentage vote on leaving or remaining in the EU and as time marches on I don't doubt that many of the decisions will be reversed. Sadly I won't be around to see this happen but happen it certainly will. Many of the younger people I know have friends from other countries and my niece is in a very happy relationship with a lad from Ghana and have a mixed race and totally delightful young daughter who is just a treat. Its called progress. Thank goodness.

I've been wondering just how openly racist Diane Abbott will be allowed to get before something is done.....

Diane Abbott just said she wants to BAN WHITE CANDIDATES from standing in certain elections

This may be the sort of headline that you have to read four or five times before it truly sinks in, but the Shadow Home Secretary and Labour MP Diane Abbott has told a gathering in Brighton that Labour should start to build ‘all-black’ shortlists of candidates for local elections.

While speaking to a gathering called The World Transformed, which was an event organised in Brighton by the left-wing activist group Momentum ahead of the Labour Conference in Brighton, Abbott said that only fielding black candidates in certain constituencies would allow more MPs from ethnic minorities to enter the House of Commons.

According to a report that has appeared on Buzzfeed News, Abbott said:

“We need to revisit the campaign for all-black shortlists.”“It did have a transformative effect on getting women into parliament but we need to pay attention to the fact that all-women shortlists have not necessarily worked for black and ethnic minority women.”“If you want to engage with black and minority voters you have to start talking about the things they are talking about, you have to start holding events and reaching out to them.”

It is a well-known fact that Ms Abbott has said a lot of controversial things in her time coming from her point of view as a staunch campaigner for racial equality, but surely this has to be one of her most divisive comments to date.

The potential for it to do more harm than good is perfectly clear, especially as ‘all-black’ is just another way of saying ‘no-white,’ no matter which way you look at it.

How on earth can anyone promote racial equality by prioritising one ethnic background over another, the exact concept that so many people including Abbott have spent many years trying to fight against.

You simply cannot fight discrimination with discrimination – in the long-term it has the potential to proverbially ‘bite you in the ass.’

However, it has now become abundantly clear that attacking Diane Abbott in any way is a big no-no, so perhaps she has become emboldened by this to just make more and more outrageous statements of this nature.

If she wants to complain about people making nasty, racist comments towards her (which are deplorable no matter what the justification given may be), surely she needs to avoid making comments like this.

I've been wondering just how openly racist Diane Abbott will be allowed to get before something is done.....
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Well said, Pamela - Before opening her mouth, Ms Abbott needs to get her brain in gear before it lets her tongue do any more damage (and not for the first time) but I imagine she thinks she is fire-proof.

As usual a well constructed post and it is in my view impossible to contradict you because the facts speak for themselves. The earlier efforts to get more women into Parliament worked as they had to do. All Black selection lists would do the same but neither of these steps are a valid argument to initiate them or to carry them on.

My view is that the best person for the job gets it. What is needed more than selective appointments is to remove the apathy in certain quarters which has been caused for many reasons. Men were always the majority of breadwinners, they did most of the fighting, women had the children and looked after the home while this was going on.

We have the assumption from black people that they would not stand a chance in becoming MPs and to an extent this is true. The overriding factor is simply that change cannot come about overnight. Like everything else it is an evolutionary process. Instead of touting for all black short lists Diane Abbott ought to be trying to create an incentive to get them to put themselves forward.

Selective appointments on the basis of skin colour or gender are for me a total anathema.

As to Abbott's blatant racism which she has displayed for many years it is time for her to be brought to heel. For a woman who is Shadow Home Secretary she ought not to be making that kind of comment. I made a remark to a friend when Corbyn chose her that if she were ever to reach that office the only people she would let in would be black and whites would be banned en bloc.

She is a disgrace to Parliament, her gender, her position and shows little sign of intelligence at times or an ability to master a brief or even do simple mathematical calculations. It is high time as you say that she was taken to task and I wonder why, as do many, how she gets away with it. It's not enough to simply sit back and say 'Oh that's Dianne Abbott for you'. Time for a halt to her idiocy and outright bias.

For some reason the Police Force in the U,K. are forever being shown in a bad light by the Media.Latest example is during the week a Motorist driving down the M.5. though Gloucestershire was reported to be threatening other motorists with a hand gun. The Police followed / pursued him for it seems approx. 50 miles before diverting him off at junction 19 to Portishead, a place and road i know very well. there they opened fire and killed him. Now there may be a very good reason for not stopping him earlier, i do know that Portishead has only one road leading in or out. As soon as the Police announced this was not "Terrorist related" the Media, including my local B.B.C. and I.T.V. evening News could not seem to stop repeating That this man was shot 10 times. With any shooting the Police have various enquiries into it and it would be so much better if the media could just wait for the facts. but that does not sell newspapers. This mans identity or his reasons for his actions are unknowm at the present time but he certainly was not coming down to the West Country on a sight seeing tour.

Too true John - it is rather stupid to anticipate what might be the case when waiting a short while can provide the right answers. There are a few puzzling factors here as you point out and I for one am all agog to find out what they might be.

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Good Morning Terry, It is a fact that sadly these days if there is any kind of explosions or gunshots it is usually connected to extremists who will kill or maim innocent men,women and children, a prime example was the recent Manchester Arena atrocity and the incident on Londonn Bridge where again people were mown at random. No one questioned the tactics used by the Police as later Seven people were stabbed and 48 wounded in a nearby Bar. The attackers were wearing , what turned out to be fake bomb vests and screaming "This is for Allah". The Police put their lives on the line that night not for the first time and i don't recall the Press etc. criticising them on that occasion. Back to the incident on the M.5 Motorway midweek the public statement that it was not to do with Terrorism was to allay public fears,whih i am sure it did.

The days of P.C. 49 and Dixon of Dock Green are long gone and we are fortunate to have someone to stand between us and Them.

I've been on Green Flag for a while now and they are the same as most of the organisations. Call them out for as little as a flat battery and their...
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Just returned to Gatwick from a pleasant river cruise up the Danube. It was only a week, but when we returned, the battery was flat. Rang the 'help' number on the bus stop (free bus transfer} and within four minutes, a member of staff came along with an accumulator and vroom, we were away! Very helpful gentleman.

When i was just thee years old i was introduced to the Queen Mother and when she smiled all her teeth were black, i was terrified and thought she was a Witch." this statement is in this mornings paper from Dawn French recalling how her father, a Sgt. in the R.A.F. was selected to host Her Highness for tea when she was making a visit to a Camp in Yorkshire. Whether this story is true or not, it is not only extremely bad manners but what does this Fat, mediocre talented actress hope to gain from this ?. Apart from some much needed publicity.

I was busy earlier on Pamela - well, had to go to have my eyes checked at my annual visit. Patricia had hers done right after mine but she now has to go to the local hospital for a second opinion. She had one cataract done last year but today was told that her other is not very pronounced at the moment. She does have double vision which they are trying to correct. These things happen when you get older.

As for me - my right eye has improved for the second year running but my left is now virtually useless for reading although I can see plenty at distance and the farther away the better. The optician says everything in the left eye is very clear but for some reason it doesn't work. Makes you think! At least I can pass the number plate test.

I'm wondering what has happened to everyone. Not a single post since 16-25 hrs! Has there been a mass exodus from FR?

Hi Pamela - I am still around but having some problems with Alan and his Parkinsons. Getting a little difficult to cope sometimes but will just have to get on with it. He is seeing the Consultant again in a couple of weeks plus a final check-up on his two cataract ops, which appear to have been successful, a few days later. Hope you are OK. Just take care of yourself , luv Kim x

Hi Kim, Sorry to hear that you are having problems with Alan and his Parkinsons. I hope that all goes well at his check up for the cataracts. I am going through a bit of a bad patch with my ME at the moment, just so utterly exhausted all the time I can hardly keep my eyes open, also having problems with my breathing so I just get through one day at a time. As you say, we just have to get on with it. Take care.x

I'm wondering what has happened to everyone. Not a single post since 16-25 hrs! Has there been a mass exodus from FR?

Good Morning Pamela, I mentioned this thing a few weeks ago concrning that quite a few Members do not seem to contribute many posts anymore. One reason could be that unless one clicks on the box at the top of the page "Recent Comments " ( See More ) it is possible to miss a post. at certain times the post takes a while to appear and then just the quite often they can miss they can opposite. unless someone is looking in on a regular basis the post has gone. Might seem like Gobbledy Gookthe way i've put it but i do wish we had reverted to the original way. Sorry to hear you are not feeling well Bonny Lass Might i suggest a body rub and massage from Vice Admiral John Richards Regards J.D.H

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Hi Pamela. Sorry to hear that you're feeling off colour and hope you'll start to feel better very soon. Only thing I can suggest is a drop more red wine. Afraid I'm one of the guilty ones and not had much to say of late. Seem to have been a bit preoccupied recently...few weeks ago all packed and ready to go for a second weekend on 'The Two Moors Way' when struck by a bug which laid me low for a couple of days. Recovered and following weekend, led a ten mile walk from Seaton, in Devon to Charmouth, Dorset. Dismal weather and my pesky camera packed up, but last weekend spent at Crickhowell, in the Brecons on another walking weekend. One nine plus miles and an eleven miler with 2000ft of climb. Every time we went above the cloud base we got wet, but a good hotel and good company is all it takes for success, so we were fine. Need to take my time going up hills though, can't keep up with these recently retired whipper-snappers. Cheers, Syd.

Yesterday Police raided 5 Gang controlled premises and 5 Cannabis farms (houses). here in Gloucester. plants estimated at a value of £750,000 were seized and the 10 Albanians were arrested along with some people living in the houses in absolute squalor, who it is assumed were held against their will. I would like someone to explain how these immigrants (illegal or not) can come to the U.K. and set up these places, they can connect the electricity, which requires a great deal of power to grow theses plants, it seems they use other immigrants to supervise this and none of the authorities seem to be aware of this.Also from reading on line this is happening through out the country. We lived in Spain for nearly 10 years and as a Foreigner i could not imagine that i could not only live there, set up a drugs making operation et.. employ illegal labour and distribute the finished product without the police etc. finding out.

Is It Me ?? For the last week or so the Media, Press , T.V. News have been constantly brimming with articles, photos, interviews etc. from famous and not so famous female Film Stars concerning the behaviour of fHarvey Weinstien the Hollywood Producer and Film director and his sexual advances to them. Whilst i do not condone this for a moment, what i do find strange is that this has never been made public before in all that time even though there are many famous stars who could have revealed this behaviour long after they were successful. These allegations span over the last 20 years. P.s. On every page in the Press there has been Pictures of Stars / Starlets posing with him, sometimes more than one so don't tell me that they were not trying to further their careers.

I have been wondering for a couple of days why, when I check to see who is on line, I get the info from December 2009 and in the original format - all very strange !! Has anyone else had this experience? I have flagged this up to FR Admin. All started when I had problems accessing Forum, Mailbox and other selections from the blue bar. Everything has been going a bit mad recently and I have had trouble controlling what I want to get into. Maybe I am in the wrong thread here so sorry about that !!

I have been wondering for a couple of days why, when I check to see who is on line, I get the info from December 2009 and in the original format - all very strange !! Has anyone else had this experience? I have flagged this up to FR Admin. All started when I had problems accessing Forum, Mailbox and other selections from the blue bar. Everything has been going a bit mad recently and I have had trouble controlling what I want to get into. Maybe I am in the wrong thread here so sorry about that !!

No this thread is fine Kim - It really is time Admin sorted the whole thing out as they have promised so many times. I have constant repeats of notifications but have been told it can't happen so I am saving the main culprit on my lap top then I'm going to do screen shots of them all and let Admin have a look to prove it. It's even more annoying to be told that it must be from someone not even using the FR system but perhaps a friend of mine who keeps repeating it. Do they think I'm bloody stupid?

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Hi Terry - thanks for your reply. For info it has taken me about 30 minutes trying to get logged on this morning and then another 20 to access Forum. Over the last 4 or 5 days it has been impossible to rely on anything. I am still having problems selecting my choice from the blue bar and when I am lucky enough to do so it takes 2-3 minutes to gain access. It really is total madness !! I don't know if you have seen my complaints on my FR Admin thread and I know Tim Hayhoe says he is trying to help. Initially of course he directed me to Support and I had to explain that I had tried twice and then got kicked out of it and was unable to get back in. Yesterday I tried to reply to a Mailbox PM and so did a friend of mine only to have our messages disappear before we had chance to send them. Yeah, they probably do think most of our Members are stupid Terry, or want us to believe just that - much easier to put the blame on us !!! I am going to click on Reply to you now and it will probably take 3 minutes to work !!!!!

I have to confess I'm not having any difficulty getting on site normally although there are times when messages disappear or posts take a while to show but it seems many others are like you and having no end of problems. It seems crazy especially in view of the claim by FR that they provide systems for other internet users. There has been so many glitches since the last revamp that it's no surprise that many have left. I have seen your FR Admin thread but whether or not it will help is another matter and I wouldn't hold my breath.

Just a thought here KIm, a few years back I tried to research the claim by Hirons that he had a degree. I tried so many ways but couldn't find any trace of him at any college, further education outlet or even school but finally got a reference. I clicked on the link and it opened up a page on FR in an old thread in which he made his first claim about his qualifications. Would you believe it I had access to the whole thread and found ----dah, dah, daaaaah- the redoubtable John conducting five arguments against five different people on the same thread and being as malicious as ever and being roundly accused of 'always doing it'. He was pretty consistent wasn't he? The layout was the old one we all loved and miss so much. We now have less and less facilities yet pay more and more.

Just a thought here KIm, a few years back I tried to research the claim by Hirons that he had a degree. I tried so many ways but couldn't find any...
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That must have been an eye opener Terry !! I suppose if you can find a reference to a link on here you can access virtually anything that has been recorded before. Yes, the redoubtable John was nothing if not consistent but I suppose you have to be if you are trying to make people believe something that isn't true !! I wish I could solve the mystery of why I keep on being taken back 8 years for no apparent reason whatever, but it is a bit nostalgic to see the old layout with Members being able to make comments. Strangely, it didn't happen today as it has done over the last few days (perhaps someone has fixed it ???) but I do recall a couple of names featuring prominently.

Came online just now and found that I was still logged in from my last visit! Happens quite often and I know darned well that I log out every time. Conversely, I occasionally attempt to log in and nothing happens for ten minutes, maybe longer, I can read but not reply. Now and then I find, having logged out after perhaps an hour on site, I don't appear to have arrived on site at all. even though I've replied to a thread and it apparently has been accepted. This is a site for the weird and wonderful. And if anyone can understand what I've just written, it proves the point.

Came online just now and found that I was still logged in from my last visit! Happens quite often and I know darned well that I log out every time....
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Hello Syd - I have been through all that !! What you have experienced is exactly what I have been going through in one way or another for a while now. So I can understand what you have written, PROVES THE POINT MY FRIEND !! Am I weird and wonderful (lol) ?? Might have to have a large brandy before I go to bed so I don't have nightmares about it all. Join me ??

You did the right thing Kim to mark that rough Syds card. As you are an innocent young quality girl from the Elite Armed Force and he was just one of those Army Pongo types. He would probably be thinking Randy rather than Brandy.

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I'll have you know sir, that I was one of the Emperor's Chambermaids. A true and loyal Shitehawk, no less. Lowly erks would stand to attention at the mere sight of our crossed kukris as we strolled by. On parade, we marched at the pace of gentlemen and our arms never swung higher than our belts. In battle sir, the cavalry brought style to what would otherwise be a positively vulgar brawl. As such, how could the wellbeing of young missy Kim be in any doubt?

Good Morning Syd and Terry. Two Original Donkey Wallopers. What is your opinion of these figures just issued

There are 75 Commodores and 38 Admirals in the Royal Navy.The army has 1,600 Lt. Colonels & 1,500 colonels.There are 438 Brigadier or higher ranked Generals...... this is for an army of just 9 brigades,438 generals... 9 brigades. The British Armed forces are crushed by their own Brass.